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i rnTJRSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908. - TnE MORXIXG OREGOMAIJ. ' ITALIAN COLONY WEEPS Hi GIVES Hastens to Collect Funds in America for Suffering Compatriots. - RED CROSS TAKES CHARGE .American and Italian Societies to Co-operate Vat Number of Italian Immigrants Are From Stricken District. NBT5V TORK. Dc. 30. Th new of th earthquake in Southern Italy, with ita appalling loss of life, received in the everal Italian colonies in this city -with ery evidence of keen "dlstresa. Of the half million or more Italians here, fully 100,000 are from the stricken districts. Thousands upon thousands have families', relatives and friends in Calabria and Sicily. Many hastened to the office of the Ital ian consul general or the various Ital ian newspapers to have their worst fears confirmed. New York City has two ex tensive quarters given over to Italians almost exclusively, besides many smaller ones. The consul general after a con ference with leadns Italians issued a call for subscriptions. Plans for Giving Aid. The Italian Chamber of Commerce met to-dav under the chairmanship . of its president. Luiarl Solari. to consider plans for raisins; money for the sufferers. President Solari. in an address, said that of the .OO.0O of the imports re ceived here from Italy. J10.0uJ.0iO came from the earthquake district. The dis aster would be a hard blow to trade. S:gnor Solari also said there was con siderable immigration from Calabria and Sicily In lfco. following the earthquake of thai year. He said he expected another exodus of the frightened people now. but on a much larger scale. Two Italian newspapers, the Bulletlno rella Sera and the Trogresso. each headed a subscription list started in their columns by subscribing $500. Two other Italian newspaper. L'Usaldo and Telegrafo. advised their readers to send contributions direct to the Red Cross, explaining that the money would reach its destination much quicker in that way. All of the Italian newspapers Issued extra editions today, giving transla tions of the cable dispatches brought to this country to describe the horror. Red Cross Offers Help. The American National Red Cross, of which President-elect Taft is the head, has offered its services in co-operating with the Italian Red Cross. The New Tork state branch has today Issued a call for Mid. Mayor Desplanches, the Italian Am bassador to the United States, is ex pected to reach this city late tonight from Montreal. Though the regular Mediterranean tourist season baa not yet started, there doubtless were hundreds of Americans in Calabria and Sicily, and there are grave fears for their safety. Captain Charles C. Fenger. formerly In the Federal service here, and his wife have been traveling in Italy, and ten days ago word was received from them that they were about to leave Rome for Kegglo. CALLS It ED CROSS TO GIVE AID American Society W'il Collect Funds in Every City. WASHINGTON. Dec SO. The Amer ican National Red Cross today sent out telegraphic requests to all of Its branches for relief funds to be ap plied to the sufterers from the earth quake in Southern Italy. Remittances may be madfl either "through the branches of the society or directly to the American Red Cross, "Washington. D. C. There are no American naval vessels In the vicinity of Southern Italy. The fricorpion. a converted yacht, which is at Constantinople. Is nearer the scene of the disaster than any other Ameri can naval vessel. Roosevelt Expresses Sorrow. President Roosevelt today sent the following cable message to the King of Italy: With all my countrymen. I am appalled by the dreadful calamity which has befallen your country. I offer my slncerest sym pathy. American National Red Crosa has Issued appeals for contributions for suf ferers and notified mtj that they will Im mediately communicate with the Italian Red Cross lOC.L 'RELIEF IS STARTED Italian BnMness Men of Portland . Will Aid Fellow-Countrymen. A number of prominent Italian business men. realizing that the stricken people of Sicily will be in sore need of financial assistance, and that very promptly, met Monday night for the purpose of raising a relief fund. The meeting was enthusias tic, and In a very few minutes over JltiOO was pledged, and those who have the work of raising the funds fully expect that they will be able to send several thousand dollars before many days. The Italian business men and residents of Portland were among the first to re spond to the call for help when San Franoisco was stricken by the earth quake, and they feel sure that not only the people of Portland, but tlfbse of the state will respond to their call for aid for those who were made homeless and destttute In their far-off home country. It is the plan of those who have the work in hand of soliciting the money for this purpose, to send the first money off "at once. At the meeting Colonel David M. Dunne. Collecter of Internal Revenue, was named as treasurer, and it Is the special wish that all those who wish to contribute to the fund, send their cash or checks to Colonel Dunne, to Arata Bros., or to others named on the committee, together with their names. ' Just as soon as the money la collected. Colonel Dunne will forward the money to the Italian Minister of Fi nance at Rome. We are especially anxious." 6ald Mr. Arata and Mr. Cordano last night, "to send the first Installment to the Minister of Finance at once, for it will be badly needed. The section of the country visit ed by the earthquake contains many poor people, but like the sufferers of the San Francisco disaster, the rich and poor are suffering alike. The raising of this fund for the unfortunate people of Sicily, we hope, will be state wide. The appeal for help is not only sent to Italians, but to every person throughout the state that can afford to contribute, no matter how large or small the amount.'1 The local well-known Italian business men, who will solicit funds for the suf ferers, are Arata - Bros., John Cordano, A. B. ' Ferrera, Sig. ChlararaontL Ca6iato & Ragnlone, Charles Drogatls. Nat Cos tano. G. B. Barbagielata. G. B. Boitano. G. Samenza, Pennl & Garbarlno, Ferettl Bros., Cherreghlno & Co., P. Lorati and Nolli Co. BURNS RECOVERS NERVE Charges Police With Favoritism and Offers to Fight Again. LONDON. Dec. 30. Tommy Burns, who was defeated at Sydney by Jack John son for the heavyweight championship, has cabled a London sporting paper as follows: "Johnson's seconds influenced the po lice into stopping the contest. I was Btrofig and always had a chance, as Johnson waa tiring. I am willing to fight Johnson again and can beat him." CHALLENGES FOR JOHXSOX FlUMmmoiis and Jack (Twin) Sul livan Offer to Fight. SYDNEY N. S.. Dec. . Bob Fitxsimmons, ex-heavywelght champion, and Jack (Twin) Sullivan have issued challenges to Jack Johnson, the con queror of Tommy Bums, for a fight for the heavyweight title. DONNELLY WEBS If) EAST ROMANCE WAS CAUSE OF SEAT TLE DIVORCE. Tacoma Capitalist Takes Charlotte Mllban for His Wife in Long Island City. NEW YORK. Dec. 30. Just why C. Donnelly and Charlotte Milhan crossed from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast to wed wa not explained when the couple presented themselves before Magistrate Matthew J. Smith. In Long Island City court yesterday. The bridegroom said he lived in Tacoma, Wash.: the bride xave her address as Seattle. Wash. They pre sented a marriage license and asked to have the knot tied without delay. Miss Mira M. Fish, one of the probationary of ficers, and Captain Petir K. Maguire, complaint clerk, were witnesses. Three weeks ago the same couple asked Clerk Zimmerman for a marriage license. According to 'he Clerk, Donnelly said that It was his first marriage. His com panion said she nad obtained a divorce from her first husband, of Seattle. When Informed tnat they would have to show the divorce papers before obtaining a Mcense, the, couple left. They appeared again and presented the necessary legal papers, which had been forwarded from Seattle. STOLE HIS WIFE IS CHARGE Donnelly Was Sued by Former Hus band of Woman He Weds. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) John C. Donnelly Is a former propri etor of the Hotel Donnelly, and now a large stockholder in the company oper ating the hotel. He made a good deal of money In real estate the last live years, and owns several big buildings. He was sued by the husband of Miss Milban for alienating her affections, and is supposed to have made a cash settlement before the divorce. POSSE GOES - IN PURSUIT Seeks Brute Who Assailed Crippled Child at Tenino. CENTRAXJA, v7ash., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Had the armed posse which searched the woods last night about Tenino found the assailant of Marie Hall, a 7-year-old cripple girl, there would in all likelihood have been a lynching. The attack on the child was made within 30 yards of her home while she was re turning from a neighbor's early in the evening. Her assailant escaped In the darkness. The little girl described him as wearing a slicker hat and coat. A man thus dressed was arrested last night in Chehalis and later released. No clew to the assailant has been found. The child la seriously injured. HONOR RIZAL'S . MEMORY Filipinos Celebrate Anniversary of Patriot's Execution. MANILA, Dec. 30. Rlxal day was im pressively observed today in Manila In honor of the memory of Dr. Jose Rlzal, famous as the leader'of the Filipino in dependence movement during the latter years of the Spanish regime and who was excuted by the Spaniards aa a traitor bv being shot In the public square on December 30. 1696. Fifteen thousand Filipinos, with many allegorical floats, marched through the streets of the city and passed In review before Governor Smith, prominent civil officials and high military officers. Pa triotic speeches were made in honor of the martyrdom of Dr. Rlxal and bands frequently rendered Aguinaldo's "Insur recto," the natives each time doffing their hats. DISASTER IN COAL MINE Four Men Dead, 25 Entombed In Pocahontas District. B LI" E FIELD. W. Va.. Dec. SO. Four men are known to be dead and probably 5 more wero entombed as the result of an explosion which occurred In the Lick branch colliery, owned by the Pocahontas Coal Company, the largest coal mining concern in Southwestern Virginia yester day afternoon. It Is not known exactly how many men were in the mine at the time. The men leave the mine after what Is known as the "running" and many of the 52 at work yesterday were not In the mine when the explosion occurred. At 11 o'clock last night 18 6f the entombed men had beefi taken out of the colliery alive. Up to S o'clock last evening rescuing parties have been unable to get Into the shaft because of the Ire and smoke. KILLED AS CLAIM-JUMPER Nevada Prospector Shot and Lynch ers on Murderer's Trail. CHAFEY. Nev.. Dec. 30. Sol Hendra was shot and killed yesterday while attempting to-do assessment work on the old Tullulah mine, two miles west of this camp. It is said that two pros pectors named Rooney and Clark, ac companied by several others, ordered young Hendra to leave the mine, as they disputed its title. Hendra did not heed the command and was shot. A score of deputy sheriffs are on the trail of the men and crowds of excited miners who parade the streets threaten to lynch the fugitives when caught. OF 111 STRiGKEN CITY First Shock Comes at Break of Day and Spectacle . Drives Men Mad. TOWERS CRASH TO EARTH Refugees From Messina Tell Ghast ly Talcs of Destruction of Blocks and of Aftermath of Flood : and Death. ' CATANIA. Dec. 80 With the shrieks of the Imprisoned victims crying for aid as the falling walls crushed them down, still ringing in his ears, a wounded sol dier brought here from Messina has tolrt In graphic words the following story of the ruin In the stricken city: . "The spectacle was terrifying beyond words. Dante's Inferno gives you but a faint Idea as to what happened yesterday morning at Messina. The first shock came before the sun had risen. It shook the city to its very foundations. Imme diately the houses began to crumble. Those of us who were not killed at once made our way over undulating floors to the street. The ceilings were crashing down through the rooms and stairs were rendered unsafe. I fourid the streets blocked by falling houses. "Chimneys, bell towers, entire walls have been thrown down. From every side of me arose the screams and moanings of the wounded. , The people were half mad with excitement and fear. Most of them had rushed out in their night clothes. In a little while all were shivering under a torrential downpour of rain. Everywhere there were dead bodies, nude, disfigured and mutilated. In the ruins I could see arms and legs moving helplessly. From every quarter came piteous appeals for aid. Tidal Ware AVhelms City. "The portion of the town down near the water was inundate by the tidal wave. The water reached to the shoulders of the fugitives and swept them away. "The City Hall, the cathedral and the barracks crumbled, and churches, other public buildings and dwellings were liter ally raxed. There were 200 customs agents at the barracks; only 41 of them were saved. At the railroad station only eight out of 2S0 employes have been accounted for." Refugees are pouring In by trains, steamers and automobiles. They are half naked and stupefied with terror. Some of them appear almost Insane from the horrors through which they have gone. In the beginning they could only babble: "Messina Is devastated; the city has been annihilated." Little by little some Idea of the inde scribable horror at Messina was obtained from these unfortunates. They declare that thousands' of demented survivors are stilt wandering about the ruins of the city. A woman who escaped unhurt told of her ' experience In the following lan guage: "We were all sleeping In my house when we were awakened by an awful trembling which threw us out of our beds. I thought that It was an earth quake and called to the others to save themselves, while I pushed a few clothes Into a valise. The shocks continued, seeming to grow stronger. The walls cracked and my bureau slit in two and then crashed to the floor, nearly crush Ing me. My hands trembled so that I could scarcely open the doors. "To Increase the terror, a rain storm accompanied by hail swept through the broken windows. Finally, with my brother and sister, I succeeded in gaining the street, but soon lost them in the mad race of terror-stricken peo ple who surged onward uttering cries of pain. "During this terrible flight balconies, chimneys and tiles showeerd down on us frequently. I rushed toward the waterfront, but there found the grand promenade transformed into a muddy, miry lake In which I slipped and often fell. I learned afterward that I was rescued senseless by a soldier and car ried to a train." The previous reports from the prov inces that a number of villages were ravaged have been confirmed. Seven teen persons are dead at Riposto. The town of Semlnara. in Calabria, Is said to have been destroyed with the loss of a hundred lives. DUNBAR DECISION GIVEN Text of Opinion Rendered by State Suprehie Court. SALEM. Or., Dec. 30. The full text of the decision rendered by the Su preme Court in the Dunbar case .fol lows: ' This is a suit originally commenoed by J. K. Sears, a taxpayer, on behalf of the state, alleging- that between January 14. JS9S. and January 14. 1907, defendant, as Secretary of State, had received for the use and benefit of the state a large amount of money as fees for tiling various papers. Is suing commissions and licenses, recording documents and copying public records, which money he had converted to his own use. and asks that an accounting be taken of the sums of money so received and for a decree requiring defendant to pay such sums to the state. A demurrer to the complaint was sus tained by the court for the reason that Sears has not capacity to maintain the suit; and thereupon, by amended complaint, the state, at the relation of J. H. Mc.Vary. Dis trict Attorney for tho Third Judicial Dis trict, was substituted as plaintiff therein. The answer of the defendant admits that he was Secretary of State as alk-ged and that the relator. J. H. McXary. Is District At torney for the Third Judicial' District, as alleged, but denies all other allegations of the complaint. t'pon the trial the lower court found that defendant, as such Secretary of State, re ceived the following sums: For filing articles of incorpora tion. . 144.50 For Issuing notarial commissions.. 17.1v00 For peeomlng trademarks 1,1'SS.CO For copying laws and journals... 11,684.75 For Issuing appointments of com missions of deeds 148.00 For issuing other commissions. . 814.00 For agents' certltlcates to fire in surance companies 35,660.00 For Issuing licenses to life In surance agents 3,759.00 For Issuing annual licenses to life Insurance companies 21,488.18 For Issuing requisitions and war- - rants of arrest 912.00 For registering titles in insurance matters 380.00 For Issuing powers of attorney... 970.00 For Issuing certificates of author ity to Insurance companies. . . . 105.00 For filing statements of mutual fire insurance associations 290.00 Total $103,9:s.41 Judgment was rendered for the above total in favor of the state, from .which the defendant appeals. Case Decided on Merits. J. Eakln At the trial, the defendant, by motion and demurrer, questioned the power of the court to permit by an amended com plaint a substitution of the state aa plain tiff In place of Sears, and also the power of a District Attorney of his own motion to Institute a proceeding on behalf of the state to recover a debt due to It. Th-e trial court dented the motion and overruled the demurrer, and th. defendant presses these contentions here; but we find it unnecssary 1 unnnnn nunnun to consider them, as the case is disposed U Ml ills lavor v. ii in. iii...... The foundation of plaintiff's right or re covery, as disclosed by the complaint. Is that these sums of money were collected bv the Secretary! of State for the use and benefit of the state, the contention of plain tiff being that the constitution prescribes a salarv for the Secretary of State and fixes that as his whole compensation, and that therefore, the statute which allows to him certain fees and perquisites for work done la unconstitutional and void. Article 13 of the constitution provides, among other things. that ". . The Secretary of State shall receive an annual salary of $1500 . . (and) shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties . .". It Is conceded that the fees received for filing articles of incorporation, issuing com missions to notaries, appointments of com missioners of deeds, miscellaneous commis sions, and requisitions and warrants of ar rest were authorised by and all collected under. Sec. 29i!3. B. A C. Como.. which is Sec 11 of an act of the Legislative Assem bly, entitled -An act to prescribe the fees of certain officers and persons, passed Oc tober 24, 1S64 tsvje Deady's Code. 1864. -p. 73-) Sec 1 of which provides. 'The follow ing fees shall be allowed to the officers and persons hereinafter named for tha services herein specified. " Section 11 B & C. Comp. Sec. 2923) provides: "The fees of tlw Secretary of State shall he as ftillows: For certifying and affixing the seal of the state to any document or paper. $2; for making copies of any record or file each folio. 1 o?nts: for filing articles of Incorporation. $2.50; for recording any paper or document by law required to be re corded by him. for each folio, 25 cents. Fees Not State's Income. Also the fees received by him aa Insurance commissioner were exacted under a Leg islative act entitled. "An act to license and regulate Insurance business In the State of Oregon." adopted February 25. 1887, which, with amendments and additions thereto, constitute sections .iuo-o.uo. ... elusive. B. & C. Comp. Section 1 of the act provides that "The Secretary of State shall be ex-offldo Insurance commissioner of tins state, and shall receive for his services as such commissioner the compensation here inafter provided therefor. .,v The fees received for filing trade-marts were exacted under B. C. Comp. Sec. 4615, which provides: "A fee of 23.50 shall be paid to the Secretary of State by the owner of said trademark as pay for recording. Assuming, without deciding, that the com pensation provided for In these statutes is fees and perquisites and within tha Inhi bition of the constitution, then the Legis lative acts authorizing them are clearly void, to that extent, and cannot be con strued aa authorizing the collection of them for the use and benefit of the state. Xo such intention on the part of the Legisla ture is apparent: the right to exact such few for the benefit of the Stat, or its title Jo the monev so collected, must be estab lished y Legislative authority. If the fees cannot be exacted for the purpose prescribed in the. statute then they can nor be .exacted at al and if collected without authority may be recovered by the person for whom exacted if h Is not otherwise barred. Mechem's Pub. Off. Sec. 284. and cases cited. Right to Fee Depends on legislation. In cases in which the manner of com pensating officers ha. been changed from tecs to a salary. It has been held that the collection for -the use and benefit X the state under legislative authority of the fees theretofore provided as compensation io the officer is not objectionable as being i. special tax. but that It Is competent for the Legislature, if it sees proper to exact from persons especially benefited by the Performance of an official service a reason Sole compensation therefor, to be paid into "he public treasury, to reimburse the pub lic for the expense Incurred in providing for. and maintaining such office: Conner vs the Mavor, 2 Sanford N. T.) 355. State ex rel. The Attorney-General va. Th. Judges, 21 Ohio St. 1. Both of these cases recognize that fees allowed by law to an officer as compensa tion for services rendered, are the property It the officer, but that the Legislature may compensate the officer by a salary and re quire him to collect the fees for th. , us. ind benefit of the public. To the same effect is 23 Am. 4 Eng. Ency. Law 387. and cases cited. But the state's right to such fee, depends upon some legl.lativ. pro vision exacting the same as compensation to the state. This Is the provision of the act of our Legislature Placing county offi cers upon salaries (Laws 1808 p. 188). and the act fixing the salary of state officer. (Laws 1905 p. 133); but the unauthorized exaction of fees by an officer cannot op erate to give the state or tha county title to the money so received. This was ex pressly decided by thl. court In Howard vs. Clatsop County, 41 Or. 140. construing sec tion "U"7 B C. Comp. which was enacted by tile Legislative Assembly In 1899 and Provide, that the District Attorneys of the leverarjudTclal districts shall receive sal aries is full compensation for their eerv f Section 20118 lb. provide, that tne, shall receive no other lee. or compensation of any kind. gtute Ru No Right to Fee. Bv Section 109S, B. & C. Comp., enacted In I'STS. It is made the duty ,f the County Clerk to collect from the plaintiff in every divorce suit the sum of $10, which sum shaH be paid to the District Attorney as his fee in such suit. In Howard v. Clat ,' county supra, which Is an action to recover from the county a f 10 District At torney fee exacted in a divorce suit and nald over to the county, the court, in con struing section. 2827 and 2028. held that they operate to repeal section 1008. o far as it authorizes the collection of 110 as a District Attorney fee In divorce cases, Mr. Justice -VVolvertoo says: The 210 fee required to be collected from a private party under section 10.1 B C Comp. section 1098), being one to which the District Attorney was entitled, a. a perquisite for a duty performed by him the act of 1899 putting him upon a 'ry and expressly denying to him any further safary. fees. etc.. must be held to supersede, and thereby to repeat, section l(iT4 B & C Comp. section 1098) as to sucn fees In Judicial districts other than the Fourth, as the two provisions are utterly inconsistent, one with the other, and both cannot stand." . .. , i .i ,,nnn the face nf tha Ana It was nm . complaint plaintiff wa. entitled to recover "UThe"act of 1808 (Law. 1S98 p. 8), which fixe, a salary for the District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District, and which anoiie. only to Multnomah bounty, pro vides by section 8 thereof, which is section 3(T0 B i C. Comp.. that the fees now established by law shall continue to be the established fees and shall be collected for the use of Multnomah County. In State, re" vs Moore. 87 Or. 630, it 1. held In effect "that the right to the 210 District Attorney fee. In divorce case, in Multnomah county by virtue of the above provisions inured to th. benefit of the county. The effect of these two decisions Is that th. Clerk has no authority to exact the fee for the benefit of the county unless It had been expressly authorized, and when wrong fully collected, the county acquired no right or title to It: but that it was the nrouerty of the person from whom It had been exacted. And this principle applies equally to the statute authorizing the ex action of fees by the Secretary of State. If the fees are illegally exacted they are the property of the person from whom col lected and the state has no right thereto. Compensation for Expenses. The onlv other item of fees sued for re lates to the compensation allowed to th. Secretary of State for copying laws and resolutions for the u.e of th. Stale Printer The Legislature, at each session, bv resolution, directed the Secretary of State to furnish to the State Printer within SO days after its adjournment true and correct copies of the law. and resolutions adopted at that session, and that the com pensation for making such transcript, should he as prescribed by law for like services In other cases. There Is nothing in this record Indicating that th. amount, al lowed by the resolution, were not expended In the preparation of the law. and resolu tions as required. B. C. Comp.. Me llon 2390 provides: "The Secretary of Stat, shall be em powered to employ and appoint clerks to aid in the performance of the duties of his office; provided, that the expenditure of moneys for the pay of such clerks shall not exceed the appropriation of the legis lative assembly therefor, and that such clerks shall be paid out of the state treas ury as other officers are paid." The allowance provided by the resolution above referred to is not as personal com pensation to the Secretary of State for personal services, to be rendered by him. hut Is to pay the expense of having such records transcribed. A salary is personal compensation provided to be paid to the officer for his own services and does not prevent an allowance for clerk hire: Th People V. Adams, 85 111.. App. 283; Bri.co. v. Clark County. 95 111.. 309. A similar provision was made by the last Legislature to meet the expense of like work by the present Secretary of State, who is serving under a salary law which took effect January 1, 1907. We conclude that the state has no right or title to the fees and perquisites ex acted by the defendant under the statute, herein referred to, nor is the defendant ac countable to the state therefor in thl. ult. Therefore, th. decree 1. reversed and the suit dismissed. Storm Ties Up Traffic WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. 30. A severe snow storm in the Rocky Moun tains west of Lnggan on the Canadian Pacific carried away a section of track and tied up traffic tonight. EUGENE C. PROTZMAN, Manager. Protzman 146 FIFTH STREET Men's Shoes Exclusively SOLE DISTRIBUTERS FOR PORTLAND OF UNITED WORKINGMEN'S B. & S. MFG. CO, CO-Ol'EnATIVK ESTABLISHED 1867 - SOLE) TJISTRIBUTKHS OF THE CELEBRATED OUO SHOES. THE BEST SHOE MAKERS IN THE UNITED STATES Portland, Ore., Dec. 5, 08 It is with the greatest pleasure that I am able to announce to my friends my return to active business life. As is. well known my brother Frank and I, during our twenty-five years in the shoe business, were the introducers into this market of the best of the leading makes of the country. Now as manager of the Protz-man-Campbell Shoe Co., I am able to say that we Offer to the Portland people a line of men's footwear, complete in every par ticular which are for style, fit and workmanship the equal of any; and as for durability of weaf we will guarantee everv pair to outwear anything, of like weight of .stock, made in the United States. Not only has every pair been made to order expressly for us, but in addition to that fact, every sole and every upper ha s, been the selected, choicest cuts from the highest grades of stock. The 'best of the best. Yours, f PRO T ZMAN-CAMPBELL SHOE CO., Eugene C. Protzman, Mgr. GLUfl-PUYSWIHHER Arrangement Decided On for Thanksgiving Games. COLLEGE GAME EARLIER Plan Is to Have Victor in Oregon Agricultural College-University of Oregon Game Play Multnomah Here Thanksgiving Day. The directors of the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club Tuesday night adopted a resolution which Is expected to solve the vexing problem of whether Oregon Agricultural College or the . University of Oregon shall be the club's opponent on next Thanksgiving day. The resolution is In the nature of a compromise, and provides that the Mult nomah Club play the winner of the an nual Oregon Agricultural College-University of Oregon game on Multnomah Field, Instead of singling out either institu tion. ' . - At the end of the present season the three-year agreement between the clut and the University of Oregon ended, and the Oregon Agricultural College became an applicant for the Thanksgiving date with the clubmen. The directors be lieved they were entitled to considera tion, but the University of Oregon re fused positively to alternate with O. A. C. in their games on that day, and de manded a oontinuance of the old arrange ment. According to the decision last night Oregon and Corvallls will be asked to play their annual game about three weeks before Thanksgiving day and the winning team will be pitted against the club here on the holiday date, while the losing club can arrange a game with the University of Washington. In club circles this is looked upon as the best solution of the problem, for the Multnomah Club desires to continue the friendly relations now extant. The club men think such an arrangement cannot be turned down by either Institution. unless it Is thought the intercollegiate game comes too early in the Beason. The college players, however, commence training for football early In September, and the early November date, It Is con tended, should find them as well fitted for their annual struggle rs' any other. President George TV. McMillan, of the Multnomah Club, stated last night he believed the new arrangement would be agreeable to the representatives of the two colleges and that he hoped each would vote favorably when the proposition Is formally submitted to them. BLIZZARD HITS BRITAIN TWO DAYS' SXOW STORM STOPS RAILROAD TRAFFIC. Trains Snowed Up In Scotland, Peo ple Frozeu to Death London Under Snowy Mantle. LONDON, uec. 30. The whole of the United Kingdom is in the grip of a bliz zard of exceptional violence, especially In Scotland and the North of Ireland. It has raged for the last 48 hours, ac companied by a very low temperature and a driving wind that has completely disorganized the northern railway service and caused suspension of all street traf fic. Many towns are isolated and a number of accidents and deaths from exposure have been reported. There also have been several shipping casualties, but, for tunately, these were not attended by serious loss of life. London Is covered with a mantle of snow several Inches in depth, while in Scotland and the North of Wales snowdrifts have blocked roadways and railways. The cross-channel passenger service and the telegraph and telephone lines in all directions have been suspend ed. All outdoor labor has ceased. The Scottish express, bound for Lon don, is snowed up 18 miles from Aber deen and -the passengers were forced to spend the night there on board. The London express for Aberdeen also has a similar experience. REFUGEES REACH PALERMO All Tell of Frightful Experiences inEnrthquake Zone. PALERMO, tJec. 30. The British steamer Edro came in here this after - Campbell Shoe noon from Messina. She had on board 16 wounded, including Alfred J. Og ston, the British Consul at Messina. Mrs.'Ogston lost her life, but the Con sul's daughter waa saved. Mr. Ogston described the destruction of Messina as "frightful beyond words and exceed ing In horror the wildest flights of the imagination." One of the trains that came In here from Messina this afternoon brought the widow of the Chief of Police of that city and her son. Both seemed crazed with grief. They made frantic but unsuccessful efforts to save the life of the husband and father and other children. The clothes of the widow and her son are literally In rags. The reported death of Deputy Nlch olo Fulcl and his wife has been con firmed. . Ludovice Fulci, who is a Deputy, re fuses to abandon the wreckage of his brother's home. He is there now work ing with bleeding hands, and half dead with fatigue, determined to remain until he finds the" body of his brother. FORESEES CHANGE IX COAST Austrian Scientist Thinks Sea Will Overwhelm Land. VIENNA, Dec. 30. Professor Edward Suess, the celebrated geologist, says he believes the earthquake in Sicily was not due to volcanic eruptions, but to the sub sidence of the earth's crust, and that it Is likely to be followed, by a volcanic movement. Should this settling down of the earth's crust continue, says Pro fessor Suess, the granite hills of Scylla and a great portion of the Pelitoritan Mountain will be submerged by the sea. THE FIRST REAL MUSTANGS Bred From Horses Brought Here by Early Spaniards. McClure's. The first horses of the Western plains were probably brought there by the Spaniards. In 1545, almost 50 years be fore Jamestown was settled, Coronado. the Spanish captain, was roaming about the plains of New Mexico; and he tells of the dogs used by the Indians to haul their plunder on lodge poles, indicating that they had no horses at that date. In 1716 the Spanish again worked their way eastward across the plains, and their letters tell of the astonishment of the Indians at seeing the horses they had with them. The expedition was constant ly losing horses, and there Is little doubt that the first droves of Western horses originated from these strays. In the early days upon the plains they were as great a pest to travelers as they are today. Woe be unto the luckless camper who allowed a band of wild horses to get close enough to his gentle horses, turned out for the night, to sweep them on. It was almost useless to fol low, for the call of the wild comes to the gentlest of horses when he Is thrown with a band of his kind that have been born and raised free of all restraint. It Is a well-known fact that the hardest one to "cut out," the leader of them all In a mad race across tha prairie, Is the old, gentle, well-broken Baildle or work horse, once he B"-ts a taste of such freedom. DECISION PLEASES DUNBAR Ex-Secretary Says He Took Fees After Knowing It Was Right. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.)-Ex-Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar, whsn notified today that the Supreme Court had decided the "fee" case in his lavor, said: "Of course the decision comes as a welcome piece of news to me, but I have always been confident of the result, as some of the best legal talent in the state advised me that I was lawfully en titled to the fees, and I would certainly never have taken them under any other consideration. "The most unpleasant feature of the whole case was some unnecessary per sonalities that crept in. These hurt mo most severely at the time, but, now that the affair is ended, I shall overlook and forget them." PRIZE FIGHT PREVENTED Principals and Club Manager Ar rested in Bellingham. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 30. 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